Posted: 11/28/2004 9:52:22 PM EDT
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I have been considering buying a digital camera over the past few weeks. I think I have narrowed it to two fujifilm models that I have played with in the stores. I like the ergonomics of the units, and the placement of the buttons. Both fall into the "prosumer" catagory. There is about a $100-$150 difference in price depending on where I buy it. (found them on line the cheapest so far at IbuyDigital.com if anyone has a opinion about the merchant.) This will be my first digital camera. I am an old 35mm SLR person (mainly doing B&W stuff) and want to supplement my 35mm stuff. I am by no means a professional photographer, but I like to play with the pictures. The cross road I am at is this, one unit is 6.3MP w/6x optical zoom and supposed to have a better CCD thingy. The other is a 4.0MP with a 10x optical zoom with a "standard" CCD. I'm trying not to get hung up on the mega-pixel thing as the only determining factor, and I have read several reviews of both camera's at various websites. Just wanted to get the ARFCOM sea of knowledge input. the two camera's are: FujiFilm S7000 Fujifilm S5100 The S5100 was the first one I looked at, until a salesperson showed me the 7000 for about $100 more. Thank you in advance guys. |
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All other things being equal (or nearly so), the camera with the better OPTICAL zoom (digital zoom, in most cases, degrades resolution) would be a better and more useful choice, IMHO. If it were me, I'd stick with your original choice. Besides, how often are you going to actually need a 6MP picture? Sure, the pictures will have fabulous detail, but the file size will be huge. Btw, before you buy it at a retail store, take a look at Newegg.com to see if they have it, and I bet you'll save a fair amount of money. |